Yonge Street
Yonge Street (pronounced "young") is a main street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern suburbs. It was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world and is listed as a national historic site. It was the site of Canada's first subway line.
Yonge Street is the home of or close to many places of interest in Toronto, including street and theatre acts, the Eaton Centre, the Hockey Hall of Fame and–at the very start of the road–'One Yonge Street', the offices of the Toronto Star newspaper. The Yonge Line of the Toronto subway under or along it from south of King Street to Finch Avenue. The Viva Blue BRT line goes along Yonge from Finch to Newmarket Bus Terminal.
Cultural significance
Yonge Street is thought to be Toronto's main street, because of it splits the city into east and west, and the has the Yonge subway line running under it. It is also the main place people come to celebrate events.
Parts of the street are often closed for events, such as an yearly street party. Toronto's annual Gay Pride, Orange Order,[1] and Santa Claus parades also use Yonge Street for a large part of their routes. Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has a song about Yonge Street, titled "On Yonge Street", on his album A Painter Passing Through.
2018 van incident
On April 23, 2018 a white van collided with numerous pedestrians killing nine and injuring sixteen others at Yonge Street.[2]
Places of interest
Yonge Street Media
Town of North Toronto Sign
- YRRSign
Simcoe County Yonge Street sign
Yonge Street from the sky (30% of the road visible).
2023 view of the intersection at Yonge and Wellington Street from the northeast.
Yonge Street view to north at Elgin Mills in Richmond Hill, ON
The intersection of Yonge Street Shore Acres Drive in Innisfil.
John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, created the roadway that later became Yonge Street.
Second Toll Gate on Yonge Street in 1886
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Related pages
References
- ↑ 186th Year for Orange Parade[dead link]
- ↑ Austen, Ian; Stack, Liam (April 23, 2018). "Toronto Van Plows Along Sidewalk, Killing 9 in 'Pure Carnage'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- The Yonge Street Story (1793-1860), by F. R. Berchem, Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, 1977
Other websites
- Globe and Mail article on Yonge Street
- A page which argues against Yonge Street's claim as the world's longest street Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Portrait of Sir George Yonge Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- A Yahoo! page that explains why Yonge Street is the longest street in the world Archived 2006-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Yonge Street 1796 Plaque
- Blog series on the southern section of Yonge Street Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Google Maps of Yonge Street